• Belgian Prof. receives insignia and certificate of merit from Hai Phong
  Belgian Prof. receives insignia and certificate of merit from Hai Phong
  

  Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee of Hai Phong Nguyen Van Thanh sent the city’s insignia and certificate of merit to Belgian Prof. Dr. Luc Hens, Head of the Human Ecology Department in Free University of Brussels on March18.
  19/03
• E-passport to be issued in Vietnam
  E-passport to be issued in Vietnam
  

  

  The Prime Minister has urged the Ministry of Public Security to go ahead with a national project on issuing E-passport in 2011, announced the Government Office.
  19/03
• Danish NGO continues help northern ethnic minorities
  Danish NGO continues help northern ethnic minorities
  

  

  The Agricultural Development Denmark Asia (ADDA), a Danish non-governmental orgnaisation, has launched the second phase of the project on community development for ethnic minority groups in the northern region.
  19/03
• Da Nang welcomes first direct flight from Japan
  Da Nang welcomes first direct flight from Japan
  

  

  The first flight from Kansai, Osaka province, Japan on March 18 landed in the central city of Da Nang, bringing 161 tourists and representatives of 17 travel agencies.
  19/03
• Finnish organisation supports the disabled in Da Nang
  Finnish organisation supports the disabled in Da Nang
  

  

  The Finnish non-governmental organisation Fida International will provide US$213,000 for a project on the disabled in the central city of Da Nang during the 2010-2014 period.
  19/03

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• First online IT university opened in Vietnam
  First online IT university opened in Vietnam
  

  The Artificial Intelligence Company (AI) Vietnam under the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Department of Information and Technology has held the opening ceremony of the first online information technology university (IT) in Vietnam on April 9.
  10/04
• Hanoi starts young volunteer campaign for summer
  Hanoi starts young volunteer campaign for summer
  

  

  The Hanoi Chapter of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has kicked off a youth programme across the capital city from April this year to coincide with major celebrations such as the 55th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory, Hanoi’s liberation and the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
  10/04
• Spain funds training for Vietnamese tourism managers
  Spain funds training for Vietnamese tourism managers
  

  The HCM City Law University is working with Spain’s Institute of International Legal Studies to run a five-week legal training course on tourism management in June.
  10/04
• Research to improve children’s nutrition
  Research to improve children’s nutrition
  

  The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and Vinamilk have signed a deal to research the nutritional value of school meals.
  10/04
• Malaysian tug runs aground in Tra Vinh, 7 still missing
  Malaysian tug runs aground in Tra Vinh, 7 still missing
  

  Four crew survived but seven others remain missing from the Malaysian tug ASTAKA which ran aground and caught fire off the southern coast of Tra Vinh province on April 8.
  10/04